Bracelet.



'l'. W. FOSTER.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26, 1912.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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THEODORE'W. FOSTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed December 26,1912. Serial No. 738,630.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THnoDoRE W. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specication.

rIhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bracelets, and pertains more particularly to the construction of the units of a bracelet.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved form of unit in which the parts are held in relative position without the use of solder.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bracelet constructed in accordance with the present invent-ion, parts being omitted and other parts being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through one of the units. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 to 7, inclusive, are detail perspective views of the plates to which the pins and tubular posts that connect the unit members are secured. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the links that connects the units, and Figs. 9 and 10 are detail perspective views of the tubular post and pin respectively.

Each unit is composed of outer members 1 and bottom member 2, both of which are of trough-shape. Eachof the members 1 and 2 receives on its interior a plate 3, which plates are longitudinally slotted at 4 and provided with end perforations 5. Pins 6 having heads 7 are passed through the perforations 5 of one of the plates, so that the heads 7 are secured between the plates 3 and the inner face of the member 2, the free marginal edges of the member 2 being bent over to engage on the outer face of the plate 3 to thereby rigidly hold the heads 7 in' position. The members 1 receive plates 3 on their interior, which latter have tubular posts 8 passed through the perforations 5 of said plates, the posts 8 having heads 9 that abut the inner faces of the plates 3 and members 1, the free marginal edges of the members 1 being bent over to hold the plates 3 in position. The pins 6 project into the posts 8 as depicted inFig. 3 of the drawings.- The links 10`have each a pin 11 secured to one end thereof, which pins have their ends extending through thev slots 4 of the plates 3,. a coil spring 12 being arranged between the plates 3, the coil spring atone end abutting pin 11, and at its opposite end the tubular post 8. i

From the above it will be apparent that the plates 3 not only provide seats for the coilv terior of each member, tubular posts hav ing heads, the posts being passed through openings provided therefor in one of the plates to cause the heads of the posts to be disposed between the inner face of said plate and the inner face of the member that carries said plate, pins having heads, the pins being assed through openings provided there or in the other plate to cause the heads of the pins to be disposed between the inner face of the said other plate and the inner face of the member that carries the last named plate, the edges of the members being rolled over vonto the respective plates thereof, and the pins of one plate being received in the tubular posts of the other plate.

2. A bracelet unit consistingo-f troughn shaped outer elements, a plate-like inner element on the interior of each outer elenient, headed pins carried by one inner element and headed tubular posts carried by the other inner element, the heads of the posts and pins being'disposed between the inner faces lof the inner and outer elements,

ments, the pins being received in the posts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 10 name to this specieation in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THEODORE W. FOSTER.

and means to rigidly Aconnect 'said elements Vitnesses: to clamp the heads of the pms and posts ADA E. HAGEBTY, rigidly between the inner and outer e1e`l J. A. MInLER.

Copies of this patent'may be obtained for veoents eachfby addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

